Sun at Six keeps the centuries-old Chinese tradition of joinery alive with their Wolo collection, bucking trends for timeless design.

Modern before its time, the Ming Dynasty provided a period of native Chinese rule spanning roughly four centuries from 1368 to 1644 between the eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance, respectively. It exerted immense cultural influence throughout East Asia, with notable achievements in furniture design and craft, still echoed by contemporary artisans. Sun at Six ? an AAPI family-owned and operated design practice out of San Jose, California ? provides a direct through-line to the timeless tradition of Chinese joinery as they present the Wolo Collection in an expansion of their visual language.
Reka Side Chair and Wolo Media Cabinet  
Wolo Media Cabinet and Reka Side Chairs
Founded in 2017 by creative director Antares Yee, and supported by his sister as the Head of Operations, Capella Yee, the family-run factory and young studio continues a storied lineage of creative expression that began in China with their mother, Maria Yee, who studied classical Chinese joinery under a master craftsman restoring furniture for the Forbidden City. She pioneered eco-design with her eponymous business some 30 years ago introducing new technologies that would lay the groundwork for this generation. Contemporizing a historical aesthetic, Sun at Six now implements those same practices while incorporating block shapes, jewel-tone colors, and plush fabri...